134 Upcoming Book Releases

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Ghalen: A Romance in Black
Ghalen
by Walter Mosley
Coming May 26, 2026
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The Redemption Center is Closed on Sundays
Coming May 26, 2026
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The Four Seasons of Florence Wallace
Coming May 26, 2026
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Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish
by Carole Boston Weatherford
Coming May 26, 2026
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Blue Smoke Rises
Blue Smoke Rises
by Damone Bester
Coming May 26, 2026
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Breakout
Breakout
by Dhonielle Clayton, et al.
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir
The Double Dutch Fuss
by Phill Branch
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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A Committee of One: How Faith + Action = a Purposefull Life
A Committee of One
by Opal Lee
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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Almost by Design: A Novel
Almost by Design
by Jenny Erlingsson
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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The Problem with Pretty: Beauty, Bias and the Surprising Science of Good Looks
The Problem with Pretty
by Allycin Powell-Hicks
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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Goldenborn
Goldenborn
by Ama Ofosua Lieb
Coming Jun 02, 2026
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Black Stats (2nd Edition): African Americans by the Numbers
Black Stats (2nd Edition)
by Monique Couvson
Coming Jun 09, 2026
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No Holes Barred: A Dual Manifesto of Sexual Exploration and Power
No Holes Barred
by Mandii B and WeezyWTF, et al.
Coming Jun 09, 2026
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We’ve Been Here Before: How Rebellion and Activism Have Always Sustained America
We’ve Been Here Before
by Michael I. Days and Angela P. Dodson
Coming Jun 09, 2026
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Onward Christian Soldiers: A Novel of Resistance
Onward Christian Soldiers
by Terrill North
Coming Jun 15, 2026
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The Price of Exclusion: The Pursuit of Healthcare in a Segregated Nation
The Price of Exclusion
by Nicole Carr
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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The Pool Is Cool
The Pool Is Cool
by Dwayne Reed
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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The Missed Connection
The Missed Connection
by Tia Williams
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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The First Family: A Dark Academia Fantasy
The First Family
by Granger
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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Remembering Roots: How an American Classic Transformed the World
Remembering Roots
by Lucas L. Johnson II
Coming Jun 16, 2026
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Chasing Dragonflies
Chasing Dragonflies
by Blessing Musariri
Coming Jun 18, 2026
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A Pair of Aces
A Pair of Aces
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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Frankie and Friends The Missing Sock
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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The Broken Hearts Agency
The Broken Hearts Agency
by Clarence A. Haynes
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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The Lovers, the Liars, and Me
Coming Jun 23, 2026
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The Revelation of Dionne Daphne
The Revelation of Dionne Daphne
by Mara Brock Akil
Coming Jun 30, 2026
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Black Earth Wisdom: Soulful Conversations with Black Environmentalists
Black Earth Wisdom
by Leah Penniman
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Good Morning Means I Love You
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Lonely Crowds (paperback)
Lonely Crowds (paperback)
by Stephanie Wambugu
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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The Jailhouse Lawyer
The Jailhouse Lawyer
by Calvin Duncan and Sophie Cull
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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Colorism: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism
by Sarah L. Webb
Coming Jul 07, 2026
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No One Leaves the Manor
No One Leaves the Manor
by Kelly McWilliams
Coming Jul 14, 2026
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Ember
Ember
by Naima Simone
Coming Jul 14, 2026
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Cool Machine
Cool Machine
by Colson Whitehead
Coming Jul 21, 2026
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Politics and Poetics: The Legacy of Frances E. W. Harper
Politics and Poetics
by Melba Joyce Boyd
Coming Jul 21, 2026
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Deadly Family Secrets
Deadly Family Secrets
by K.D. Richards
Coming Jul 28, 2026
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The Wound Is Where the Light Enters: A Memoir of Resilience
Coming Aug 04, 2026
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Take What You Can
Take What You Can
by Naima Coster
Coming Aug 04, 2026
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Shook
Shook
by Julian Randall
Coming Aug 04, 2026
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Ghost in the Night
Ghost in the Night
by Tiffany D. Jackson
Coming Aug 04, 2026
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Season of the Serpent
Season of the Serpent
by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Coming Aug 11, 2026
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The Ladies Hall
The Ladies Hall
by Vanessa Miller
Coming Aug 11, 2026
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A Very Special Episode
A Very Special Episode
by Camille Acker
Coming Aug 18, 2026
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Receiving Redemption: Explorations in Constructive Dogmatics
Receiving Redemption
by Fred Sanders and Uche Anizor
Coming Aug 25, 2026
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Dey
Dey
by Edwidge Danticat
Coming Aug 25, 2026
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Ants Work Together
Ants Work Together
by Mélina Mangal
Coming Aug 25, 2026
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Gray Dawn (paperback): An Easy Rawlins Mystery
Gray Dawn (paperback)
by Walter Mosley
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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It All Starts When You Do: How to Do the Real Work of Self-Healing
It All Starts When You Do
by Kier Gaines
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Divine Oaths (Special Limited Edition)
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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The Disappearers
The Disappearers
by Marlon James
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Don’t Try This Alone: How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain
Don’t Try This Alone
by Toni Collier
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Laws of Solomon
Laws of Solomon
by Eriq La Salle
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone
Tell the Ghosts I’m Gone
by Kalynn Bayron
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Capone 2: A Black Mafia Romance
Capone 2
by Jahquel J.
Coming Sep 01, 2026
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Finding God Every Day: A 90-Day Devotional by a Kid, for Kids
Finding God Every Day
by Luke Tillman
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Wicked Endeavors
Wicked Endeavors
by Kamilah Cole
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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A Spark of Greatness: The Autobiography of a Fighter
A Spark of Greatness
by Laila Ali
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up: A Graphic Novel
A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up
by Elizabeth Agyemang
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Carla Bakes: Sweet, Savory, and from the Heart [A Baking Book]
Carla Bakes
by Carla Hall
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Ida B. Wells and the Untold Truth of a Country
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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All My Sisters and Me
All My Sisters and Me
by Sheryl Lister
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Writer in Residence: A Heartwarming Book about Books Set in the Low-Country
Writer in Residence
by Rhonda McKnight
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Cosmic Queries: Startalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
Cosmic Queries
by Neil deGrasse Tyson
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Acacia: A Rapunzel Tale
Acacia
by JaNay Brown-Wood
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Queenie Is Working on It
Queenie Is Working on It
by Candice Carty-Williams
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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Black Boys, I See You
Black Boys, I See You
by Wade Hudson
Coming Sep 08, 2026
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The Great Refusal: A New Vision of Resistance
The Great Refusal
by Casey Gerald
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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Ashes at the Altar
Ashes at the Altar
by LaDarrion Williams
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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The Perilous Fight
The Perilous Fight
by Colin Kaepernick
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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American Nightmare
American Nightmare
by Kelly McWilliams
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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Bedtime for Us
Bedtime for Us
by Rebecca Walker
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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Destiny Ink: Talent Show Magic
Destiny Ink
by Adeola Sokunbi
Coming Sep 15, 2026
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Truth to Power: A Luke Cage Marvel Crime Novel
Truth to Power
by S. A. Cosby
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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Jax Freeman and the Graveyard Forest
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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Burn the Blueprint: Reject the Lies, Embrace the In-Between, and Begin Again
Burn the Blueprint
by Carlos Whittaker
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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Nothing Can Separate Us: Healing for Souls and Nations
Nothing Can Separate Us
by Howard Thurman
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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Mazywood
Mazywood
by Tananarive Due
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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Supa Nova 2: Robot Takeover
Supa Nova 2
by Chante Timothy
Coming Sep 22, 2026
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The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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This Christmas: A Festive Celebration with Soul
This Christmas
by Kahran and Regis Bethencourt
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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A Santa Like Me
A Santa Like Me
by Tonya Abari
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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How Bright the Path Grows: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the March on Washington
How Bright the Path Grows
by Marcia Chatelain
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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Lyric’s Favorite Season
Lyric’s Favorite Season
by Kelly Starling Lyons
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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Touchdown in Brazil
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Touchdown in Brazil
by Omar Tyree
Coming Sep 29, 2026
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Notes on a Blacklash: When a Black Woman Goes Viral
Notes on a Blacklash
by April Ryan
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Friends and Family
Friends and Family
by Natalie Baszile
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Almost There: A Twisted Tale
Almost There
by Farrah Rochon
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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They Will Not Save Us
They Will Not Save Us
by Marie Arnold
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Onward, We Marched
Onward, We Marched
by Erica Martin
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Every Story Is a Love Story
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Dasia (Forever)
Dasia (Forever)
by Nic Stone
Coming Oct 06, 2026
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Rat Poison: A Novella
Rat Poison
by Terrill North
Coming Oct 12, 2026
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The Power of Petty Prayers
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Kanoni’s Kwanzaa
Kanoni’s Kwanzaa
by Hope Anita Smith
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Freedom’s Eve: A Story of Watch Night
Freedom’s Eve
by Pamela Courtney
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Everything New Again Deluxe Limited Edition
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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The Ferryman’s Daughter (Book 1 of 1: Bloodlines)
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos: A Journey to the Beginning of Time
James Webb’s Ancient Cosmos
by Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Coming Oct 13, 2026
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Hanging and Burning: A King Oliver Novel
Hanging and Burning
by Walter Mosley
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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Can’t You See It’s Coming?: A Horror Anthology
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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Don’t Drop the Mic
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Don’t Drop the Mic
by Idris Goodwin
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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Back to Green: Rediscovering a World of Delicious, Healthy Eating
Back to Green
by Marcus Samuelsson
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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Everything’s Not Lost
Everything’s Not Lost
by Frederick Joseph
Coming Oct 20, 2026
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The Book of Menopause: Real Talk, Real Science, Real Strategies for the Next Chapter
The Book of Menopause
by Oprah Winfrey
Coming Oct 26, 2026
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What Shall We Tell You?
What Shall We Tell You?
by Wade Hudson
Coming Oct 27, 2026
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Black AF History (paperback)
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Black AF History (paperback)
by Michael Harriot
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Black AF History [Indie Bookstore Exclusive Edition]: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Deadly Ever After (paperback)
Deadly Ever After (paperback)
by Brittany Johnson
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Fate Be Changed: A Twisted Tale
Fate Be Changed
by Farrah Rochon
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Father Yourself First (paperback)
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Equal to the Task
Equal to the Task
by Kenneth I. Chenault
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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The Pet Rock Ransom: A Graphic Novel
The Pet Rock Ransom
by Akeem S. Roberts
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Playbook for Justice: James Lawson and the Nonviolent Movement in America
Playbook for Justice
by Lesley Younge
Coming Nov 03, 2026
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Renaissance Men: Agents of Medical and Cultural Modernity
Renaissance Men
by Harriet A. Washington
Coming Nov 10, 2026
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Beyond Alaska’s Window
Beyond Alaska’s Window
by Patrice Gopo
Coming Nov 10, 2026
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Between the River and the Railroad Tracks
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Coming Nov 17, 2026
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The Last Prince of Florence
Coming Nov 17, 2026
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Sunday Service
Sunday Service
by Janelle Harper
Coming Nov 17, 2026
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Serena Williams: A Who HQ Illustrated Biography
Serena Williams
by Sherri L. Smith
Coming Nov 17, 2026
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Rain Falls
Rain Falls
by Mélina Mangal
Coming Nov 24, 2026
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No Good Deed
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No Good Deed
by Nekesa Afia
Coming Dec 01, 2026
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Richer on Purpose: 7 Surprisingly Simple Steps to Creating Wealth on Your Own Terms
Richer on Purpose
by Vanessa Adekoya
Coming Dec 08, 2026
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Honey Goddess
Honey Goddess
by Abiola Abrams
Coming Dec 08, 2026
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Where There Is Hope: A Story in African Proverbs
Where There Is Hope
by Shauntay Grant
Coming Dec 15, 2026
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Ruby Rene, Quiet on Valentine’s Day
Coming Dec 15, 2026
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Spiritual Hygiene: A Practical Path for Clean Living, Inner Authority, and Divine Freedom
Spiritual Hygiene
by Iyanla Vanzant
Coming Dec 30, 2026
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How to Be a Heartbreaker
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How to Be a Heartbreaker
by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Coming Jan 01, 2027
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Infernal Vow (Immortal Dark #3)
Coming Jan 05, 2027
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Icons of Design (Black Lives #2): A Nonfiction Graphic Novel
Coming Jan 05, 2027
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Capone 3: A Black Mafia Romance
Capone 3
by Jahquel J.
Coming Jan 05, 2027
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Habila
Habila
by Wayétu Moore
Coming Jan 12, 2027
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Black Gold
Black Gold
by Nicole Dennis-Benn
Coming Jan 12, 2027
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